Alexander Rahr, Chairman

Eastern European historian, political scientist, publicist and book author. Researcher at research centers in the USA, Germany, Russia, Ukraine. Since 2012 management consultant.

Dr. Alexander S. Neu, Vice Chairman

Political scientist, former German politician. Member of the German Bundestag from 2013 to 2021. Worked for the OSCE in the former Yugoslavia from 2000 to 2002 and 2004. Stands for a high-profile peace policy based on international law and a solidarity-based form of society.

Christoph Polajner, Vice Chairman

Master's degree in Chinese Studies with a focus on Chinese foreign policy. Worked for many years for a major international organization in China, Central, Southeast Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe.

Dr. Christian Wipperfürth, Member of the Board of Management

Banker, historian, book author. In the 1990s active in the EU Parliament and the German Bundestag, the latter for several years from new. In the meantime longer stay in St. Petersburg as assistant professor for foreign policy, 15 years activity as independent publicist on questions of current foreign policy.